How the original badge was made:

• The Crown was made in five parts:
• The orb and the cross
• The face and the rear of the crown were engraved and hammered from the rear to give depth.
• A wedge-shaped back-plate was made which echoed the two dimensional profile of the crown and, in the third dimension, deep at the top and thin at the foot.
• The orb, cross, face and the rear of the crown were hard-soldered to the backplate.
• Figure of St Andrew was made in three parts:
• The back plate on which the figure was engraved.
• The saltire and the thistle were then superimposed.
• All parts were then engraved to take the enamel.
• The Dome was made in three parts:
• A central plate with grooved edge.
• The front dome to which the figure of St Andrew was pinned, and possibly also soft-soldered.
• The rear dome, which was engraved with the royal arms.
• The front and rear were hard-soldered to the central plate.
• The crown was then pinned and soft-soldered to the central plate.